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Sep 10, 2024 | jdsupra.com | David Wesley Burns |Parker Erkmann |Kathleen O'Neill

On August 23, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued real estate software company RealPage alleging the company’s software reduces competition between landlords, resulting in inflated rents and less favorable lease terms for renters. Specifically, the DOJ alleges that RealPage requires subscribing landlords to share their nonpublic pricing and occupancy information with RealPage, then RealPage uses the data to recommend prices for landlords competing in the same geographic areas.

May 25, 2023 | law360.com | Howard Newcomb Morse |Nicollette R. Kirby |Parker Erkmann

By Howard Morse, Parker Erkmann and Nicollette Kirby (May 25, 2023, 12:17 PM EDT) -- Over the past year, the U.S. Department of Justice has garnered headlines by issuing press releases announcing that directors have stepped down from 10 company boards, in response to DOJ concerns that their roles violated the Clayton Act's Section 8 prohibitions on interlocking directorates.... Stay ahead of the curveIn the legal profession, information is the key to success.